On Wednesday, for EdSource, Mikhail Zinshteyn reported on the successful efforts by Nick Melvoin and Kelly Gonez to win seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. Melvoin defeated incumbent school board President Steve Zimmer in District 4, while Gonez defeated Imelda Padilla in District 6. This […continue]

by Students Matter If supporting new ideas and innovative solutions is all it takes to be labeled an outsider, then we don’t want to be an insider. In a press release on Tuesday, the president of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) Warren Fletcher called New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s […continue]

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